2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 26 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament, Oklahoma State, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2019 Big 12 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Formattwo bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma State (3rd title)
Winning coachJosh Holliday (2nd title)
MVPColin Simpson, Oklahoma State
TelevisionBracket Play: FCS Central
Championship: FSN
2019 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Texas Tech y 168 .667  4620 .697
No. 23 Baylor y 148 .636  3519 .648
No. 11 Oklahoma State y 149 .609  4021 .656
No. 27 West Virginia y 1311 .542  3822 .633
Kansas  1212 .500  3226 .552
TCU y 1113 .458  3428 .548
Oklahoma  1113 .458  3323 .589
Kansas State  816 .333  2533 .431
Texas  716 .304  2727 .500
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Kansas State has never won the event. Baylor won their first championship in 2018. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.

Format and seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and then played a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.[4]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L % GB W L %
1 1 Texas Tech 16 8 .667 46 20 .697
2 2 Baylor 14 8 .636 1 35 19 .648
3 3 Oklahoma State 14 9 .609 1.5 40 21 .656
4 4 West Virginia 13 11 .542 3 38 22 .633
5 5 Kansas 12 12 .500 4 32 26 .552
6 6 TCU 11 13 .458 5 34 28 .548
6 7 Oklahoma 11 13 .458 5 33 23 .589
8 8 Kansas State 8 16 .333 8 25 33 .431
9 Texas 7 16 .304 8.5 27 27 .500

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Texas Tech 7  
8 Kansas State 4  
  1 Texas Tech 1  
  4 West Virginia 5  
4 West Virginia 12
5 Kansas 8  
  4 West Virginia 3 2  
  1 Texas Tech 10 0  
8 Kansas State 1411  
5 Kansas 15  
  5 Kansas 5
  1 Texas Tech 7  
  4 West Virginia 2
  3 Oklahoma State 5
3 Oklahoma State 5  
6 TCU 2  
  3 Oklahoma State 5
  2 Baylor 0  
2 Baylor 8
7 Oklahoma 2  
  3 Oklahoma State 6 7
  6 TCU 13 610  
6 TCU 15  
7 Oklahoma 3  
  6 TCU 5
  2 Baylor 2  

Conference championship

Big 12 Championship
(4) West Virginia Mountaineers vs. (3) Oklahoma State Cowboys
May 26, 2019, 1:15 p.m. (CDT) at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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WP: Brett Standlee (3–1)   LP: Madison Jeffrey (0–1)   Sv: Peyton Battenfield (3)

All-Tournament Team

Source:[5]

Position Player School
C Zach Humphreys TCU
1B Cameron Warren Texas Tech
2B Tyler Doanes West Virginia
SS Andrew Navigato Oklahoma State
3B Skyler Messinger Kansas
OF Cade Cabbinees Oklahoma State
OF Josh Watson TCU
OF Brandon White West Virginia
DH Colin Simpson Oklahoma State
SP Ryan Bergert West Virginia
SP Jensen Elliott Oklahoma State
SP Alek Manoah West Virginia
RP Dane Haveman Texas Tech
MOP Colin Simpson Oklahoma State

References

  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2018-19 Big 12 Postseason Championship Schedule". big12sports.com. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship". Oklahoma City All Sports Association. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  4. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 23–27. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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